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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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